Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, sells, hosts, and supports application, platform, and infrastructure solutions for information technology (IT) environments worldwide. The company provides services in three primary layers of the cloud: Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service. It offers human capital and talent management, enterprise resource planning, customer experience and relationship management, procurement, supply chain management, project portfolio management, business analytics and enterprise performance management, and industry-specific application software, as well as financial management and governance, and risk and compliance applications. The company also licenses its Oracle Database for storage, retrieval, and manipulation of data; and Oracle Fusion Middleware software to build, deploy, secure, access, extend, and integrate business applications, as well as automate business processes. In addition, it provides a range of development tools, identity management, and business analytics software solutions for mobile computing development to address the development needs of businesses; Java, a software development language; and big data solutions. Further, the company provides Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, industry-specific hardware, and hardware support products, as well as operating systems, virtualization, management, and other hardware-related software. Additionally, it provides consulting services, including IT strategy alignment, enterprise architecture planning and design, initial software implementation and integration, application development and integration, security assessments, and ongoing software enhancements and upgrade services; and customer support and education services. The company serves businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and resellers. Oracle Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

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Oracle has received 59.16% “outperform” votes from our community.

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2.0 Company Ownership

In the past three months, Oracle insiders have sold 3,532.47% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $1,424,100.00 in company stock and sold $51,730,000.00 in company stock.

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Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Oracle's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

Oracle's stock was trading at $44.72 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ORCL stock has increased by 20.7% and is now trading at $53.98. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Oracle?

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Oracle in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 16 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Oracle.

When is Oracle's next earnings date?

How can I listen to Oracle's earnings call?

Oracle will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, June 16th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

How were Oracle's earnings last quarter?

Oracle Co. (NYSE:ORCL) announced its earnings results on Thursday, March, 12th. The enterprise software provider reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.01. The enterprise software provider earned $9.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.75 billion. Oracle had a return on equity of 64.68% and a net margin of 27.06%. The company's revenue was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.87 EPS. View Oracle's earnings history.

How often does Oracle pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Oracle?

Oracle declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, April 9th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, April 23rd. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 8th. View Oracle's dividend history.

How will Oracle's stock buyback program work?

Oracle declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, March 12th 2020, which allows the company to repurchase $15,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 9.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

What guidance has Oracle issued on next quarter's earnings?

Oracle updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, March, 12th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.20-1.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.23.

What price target have analysts set for ORCL?

27 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Oracle's stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect Oracle's stock price to reach $53.35 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.2%. View analysts' price targets for Oracle.

Has Oracle been receiving favorable news coverage?

Press coverage about ORCL stock has been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Oracle earned a news sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the enterprise software provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutOracle.

Are investors shorting Oracle?

Oracle saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 28,420,000 shares, an increase of 12.9% from the April 15th total of 25,170,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 14,910,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Oracle's Current Options Chain.

How do I buy shares of Oracle?

Shares of ORCL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

What is Oracle's stock price today?

One share of ORCL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.98.

How big of a company is Oracle?

Oracle has a market capitalization of $170.23 billion and generates $39.51 billion in revenue each year. The enterprise software provider earns $11.08 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.16 on an earnings per share basis. Oracle employs 136,000 workers across the globe.